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Heritage Alerts
On this page is a list of projects
we are already working on and external
campaigns whose aims Heritage
Action supports. If you have something to report
that you think Heritage
Action might need to investigate,
please let us know by emailing info@heritageaction.org
or using our online form. If you are new to the website,
please go to About
us to find out more about Heritage
Action’s standards
and ideals before you suggest a
Alert.
We may be able to help publicise
it, for example by adding it to
Heritage Alerts or by contacting the local
or national press. We may be able
to set up a campaign or help you
start a campaign. Or if you’re already campaigning
about it we may be able to add your
campaign to the campaigns whose
aims we support.
Current Heritage Alerts
By name
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Ballochmyle
Rock art.
Ayrshire. OS reference NS511255
Damage to extensive collection of rock art spread across
a vertical rock face, caused by the elements and vandalism.
Read more.
Last updated 28 June 2005.
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Bradup
Stone circle. West Yorkshire. OS reference
SE089439
Rumoured to have finally been destroyed after many years
of neglect and abuse. Read
more.
Last updated 09 November 2005.
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Castle Hill
Hillfort.
West Yorkshire. OS reference SE152140
The embankments of the hillfort may be at risk from
redevelopment following the demolition of a public house
on top of the hill. Read
more.
Last updated 27 January 2006.
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Greycroft
Stone circle. Cumbria. OS reference NY034023
Report of damage to stones, general neglect and possible
abuse. Read
more.
Last updated 12 January 2006.
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Langdale Boulders
Rock art.
Lake District National Park, Cumbria. OS reference NY314058
Two large boulders with prehistoric rock carvings. Concern
about possibility of accidental damage by climbers.
Read more.
Last updated 16 March 2005.
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Long Man of Wilmington
Hill Figure. East Sussex. OS reference TQ543035
Damage to surroundings by pro-hunting protesters. Read
more.
Last updated 16 March 2005.
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Metal Detecting -calling time on erosion
The hobby of metal detecting (the hunting and collecting
of metal and other archaeological artefacts for recreation
or profit) has long been controversial because it erodes
the buried archaeological resource and results in the
loss of society’s knowledge of its past. Read
more.
Last updated 16 May 2007.
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Nine Ladies
Stone circle.Stanton Moor, Derbyshire. OS reference
SK249635
Immediate surroundings in danger from quarry. Campaign
supported by Heritage Action. Read
more.
Last updated 16 July 2005.
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Rollright
Stones
Stone circle. Oxfordshire. OS ref SP295309
Vandalised with paint. Heritage
Action campaign.
Last updated 16 March 2005.
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Scottish
De-scheduling
Changes to legal protection for ancient monuments
in Scotland.
The way sites are selected for protection is changing.
Revised criteria and guidance for defining the "national
importance" of ancient monuments in Scotland could mean
that some monuments will lose their protection. Read
more.
Last updated 5 April 2005.
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Silbury Hill
Prehistoric man-made mound. Wiltshire. OS reference
SU100685
In danger of collapse. Heritage
Action campaign.
Last updated 28 November 2005.
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Stonehenge
Stone Circle and prehistoric complex. Wiltshire. OS reference
SU123422
The government has cancelled the Stonehenge Project which would have inflicted vast irreversible damage to the surroundings of our national icon. Now there is the opportunity for everyone to work towards smaller-scale non-damaging improvements which we have termed “Achievable Stonehenge”. Read more.
Last updated 5 May 2007.
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Tara, Hill of
Various monuments in associated landscape.
County Meath, Republic of Ireland.
Landscape and relationships between numerous monuments
including burial chambers under threat from the plan
approved for the M3 motorway. Campaign supported by
Heritage Action. Read more.
Last updated 16 March 2005.
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Thornborough Henges
Triple-henge and
associated landscape. North Yorkshire. OS reference
SE285795
Immediate surroundings in danger from quarry. Endangered
areas also contain remains and traces of the people who
built and used the henges. Campaign supported by Heritage
Action. Read more.
Last updated 01 March 2007.
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Throckley
Bank Top
Rock
art. Tyne and Wear.
In danger of damage through vandalism and fire. Read
more.
Last updated 30 June 2005.
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Twelve Apostles of Ilkley Moor
Stone circle. West Yorkshire. OS reference SE126452
Many of the circle's stones are regularly toppled, but now one has had a large piece broken off. In common with many other nearby monuments, the circle needs protection. Read more.
Last updated 12 July 2005.
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